Time Sensitive- Competition for Bose Wave Radio

The Boss at work wants to buy her husband a cool gadget for Christmas. The best she can come up with is a Bose Wave Radio. I told her to give me a day to come up with something better for the money. Ideally it should have the same functionality as the Bose, but sound better and be cheaper, although cheaper is not absolutely neccessary. I need to know before I leave for work tommorrow at 3:50AM Pacific time. So how about it. Any ideas?

Ideally it should have the same functionality as the Bose, but sound better and be cheaper, although cheaper is not absolutely neccessary.

When you say the same functionality, I assume you mean that it should have an AM/FM radio, CD player and remote control. If so, the many available mini-amps + speakers or powered speakers don't qualify.

When you say the same functionality, I assume you mean that it should have an AM/FM radio, CD player and remote control. If so, the many available mini-amps + speakers or powered speakers don't qualify.

This is correct. The Bose product I am trying to equal, or better, is this.http://www.bose.com/controller?url=/shop_online/wave_systems/wms/index.jspcoming in at $499.95Of the recommendations so far only the Boston Acoustics Trio system is equivalent, although I appreciate the effort of the other posters. The Trio has some problems with CD playback as revealed in customer reviews. I also looked at the Cambridge Soundworks line and there seems to be problems with reliability. Any more ideas?

Boston Acoustics stuff that is made now is really questionable sonically. Even the design and everything else really screams out generic, made in the far east to low standards.

I also read about Polk Audio's all in one being unreliable, although sonically outstanding.

The one unit that people have yet to mention but has gotten a buzz cut in price from $399 to $299 is the B&W Zeppelin MINI. Free shipping and tax from Crutchfield.

It seems to be less techie than the original Zeppelin, some of which, I mean very small percentage of owners/1 owner claiming that it went south in less than 1 year of use. Even then, B&W is so confident on their Zeppelin units that they carry a 2 year warranty vs the 1 year run of the mill stuff that all other competitors carry. It is a good sign.

Total price $525 and the combo will sound a lot better than the Wave, I've heard the Wave and it sounds like crap.And when the Boston Acoustics dies the guy will still have a pair of great sounding speakers.